The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-16

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turn | stood and looked at the old
hills, went on the tops Of the hills
and looked at the other hills, the
river and the valley and the old
town nestled close down under the
hills, sleeping gently. stood and
looked and wondered why was it
she was SO sleepy hesded?'
Why she did not wake up and
shake off the dizziness that had been
hanging over her so long? How
l have wisl ed she would wake up;
how, with my feeble efforts, |
have tried to wake her up; how, at
last, we all, with united effort,
have got her to "open her eyes"
how l am praying, daily, she may
rise up" and get on her feet.
Let US all lend her helping hand
in the future to get her up, as we
did to open her eyes on the 9th.
With few thousand dollars "Old
Fort Hill" could be made into a
beautiful park, with nice "drive-
ways" around each hill side, get
ting OH the top from either side.
laying off the top with walks and
drives, with nice shade trees on
each and every side, a man hired
by the year to keep it in repair and
look after it, keeping good order,
allowing no drinking or drunken
ness, having place our wives.
daughters and children can go on
hot summer days and be out Of
the hustle and noise and heat Of
the city. being high above it,
enjoying the nice, pure breeze
that will always be there.
When the "old maiden" gets
fully on her feet she will build
street railways all over the city.
with an inclined road to the top Of
the hill, where the servant can go
with the babies, for "nickel. !"
and spend hours, and have the
little ones high upin open air.
l think the City Council should
look into this and purchase the
hill-purchase it right away-and
commence gradually putting it in
shape, in the mean time being
careful that there is no lake to be
ground" This should be the first
thought in everything to be done.
with any one who has the interest
of the place at heart.
There is not a place, to my
knowledge. better suited for a
place of summer resort than some
of the hills surrounding Frankfort.
See Arnold's or Mrs. Tarlton's.
The latter place has we'll Of min
eral water. With hrst-class no.
tel here, or somewhere near here,
l suppose the same water could be
had from any of these hills by
going deep enough.
There is capital in the world that
is looking out for investment. The
parties possessing it have no Partic-
ular plansfor placing same. Let us
do our duty, there will be no diff
Guilty in getting it here if we will only
select men to all Offices who have
the interest of the city and county
at heart. Let self be kept in the
background. Let them be judi
cious, progressive men. Let per-
sonal preferences be cast aside.
Whether we live in town or cOun-
ty. we cannot afford to elect "old
fogies" to Office Of any kind.
Frankfort is the capital of Ken
lucky. Any man who says,
Frankfort never was, and never
will be, anything is not fit to fill
any office, from constable up. "A
man born and raised in the woods,
and remaining in the woods, is not
the man to run our county or city
government. A man may be hon
est, conscientious and a man OF
sense, but, unless he is Cup with
the times" he is not the man we
want.
Just to think what we have just
gone throuph-harelX getting the